Randall Goosby, violin ; Zhu Wang, piano. Recorded 2021 February 10 & 11 2021 February 10 & 11 Mary Flagler Cary Hall, The DiMenna Center, New York City. Randall Goosby presents Roots, a celebration of classical music by Black composers and inspired by Black American culture. This debut album is a homage to the pioneering musicians that paved the way for Goosby's generation of young artists. It features world premiere recordings of pieces by Florence Price, as well as looking to the future, opening with a new work by Xavier Foley.
Contents:
Sonatina in G major / Antonín Dvořák (19:36). Blue/s forms for solo violin / Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (8:02) -- Porgy and Bess. Summertime ; A woman is a sometime thing ; It ain't necessarily so ; Bess you is my woman now / George Gershwin ; transcription by Jascha Heifetz (10:07) -- Suite for violin and piano / William Grant Still (14:17) -- Adoration (3:38) ; Fantasie no. 1 in G minor (4:44) ; Fantasie no. 2 in F# minor (5:28) / Florence Price -- Deep river / Samuel Coleridge-Taylor ; arr. Maud Powell (4:33) -- Sonatina in G major / Antonín Dvořák (19:36).
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